The End Of Term 3

Another fantastic term!!! Learning about the Olympics sports, athletes and countries really hooked me in and made me more eager to find out next terms topic. Saying bye to my friends was really sad. Even though we still have another term to finish off. I can't believe I am saying this but I wish school kept going. Who am I going to eat my lunch with now. Anyway, I gave all my friends a hug especially Kingston who is leaving to Australia to live. It was really sad saying bye to people who you might never see. Bye Kingston, I hope you have an awesome time at Australia. Anyway, here is a sneak peak of what is happening in my holidays.

Next week is going to be so fun as some of us students are having a riverside camp all the way at Willow Park. I've been there last year and had a great time. I can't wait for the new and exciting things that are going to happen there. We will be there from Monday 1st October- Friday 5th October. On Saturday we will be celebrating my cousins birthday. That is where my holiday planning has stopped for now. I can't wait to find out what will be happening on week 2 for the holidays. Happy holidays everyone. Stay safe and have fun!!!

Smoking, Not MY Future

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Smoking is bad. The only safe way of smoking is not to start in the first place. If you do start, here are some of the effects it causes. Your health is at risk, it is not good for your appearance and many more. If you don’t believe me, well... Just hear me out.

One reason why I think smoking is bad, is because of the effects that it causes for your health. This happens because cigarettes contain 4000 chemicals. Today, I am only going to name 3 of them. Nicotine, Tar and Carbon Monoxide. You may of heard of them and if you haven’t then the easiest way to describe them is dangerous. Not only do you have a higher chance of dying but your limbs start to fall off. Yeap! You heard me. Your body parts can fall off.

Second reason is your appearance. When you smoke your teeth and nails become yellow and you start to get wrinkles. Another thing you get from smoking is a TERRIBLE breath.

Lots of people start smoking when they are teenagers. Why start so young? Well I think they start because they think it is cool and because their friends are doing. Another reason why they start is probably because they are influenced by their family and friends. This is why you have to be determined and stand up for yourself.

What I told you is just the start about smoking. There are a lot more reasons on why you shouldn’t smoke. Just think about it, do you want your health to be fine when you are an old age, or have a good appearance? I would. That’s why smoking is not my future. It’s your choice, your future!

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Running Animation

This is an animation that I made in class. It took a while for me to finish it but in the end it turned out right. This is the end result. I hope you like it!
Vivienne Running from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Valerie Adam's Gets a Silver Medal

Valerie Adams, New Zealand’s shot put champion, was unable to hold back her tears as she was being interviewed. Following her final throw, she had the realisation,that her wishes of becoming the World Shot Put Champion for the second time,were now ruined. A woman named Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus had taken Valerie’s place, beating her personal best of 21.34metres. This was a very emotional evening for her. Valerie had worked tirelessly and despite her disappointment, she was proud of her achievements even though she got silver.  

                                Written By Chante, Vivienne and Ashleigh.

Olympics Medal Count

Click HERE to view the Olympics medal count. All together we have 7. At the end of the Olympics I hope we end up with at least 15. Most of them GOLD of course.

The Olympic Creed

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well."

This is the Olympic Creed. It is something to motivate the athletes competing in the Olympics. It can remind us that winning is not important. I hope you have learnt something...

Precious McKenzie

In the 1970 Precious Mckenzie was a well known weightlifter in New Zealand but was originally from South Africa.

His childhood was a rough journey for him as well as his family. Sadly when he was 3 years old he had a chest condition that was proclaimed incurable. Luckily for him he survived. Because of this, his mother thought he was the Precious one. That is how he got his name. Anyway during that year his father died because of a crocodile. When his mother found out she started to have drinking problem which lead to giving her children to be fostered. His foster mother wasn't feeding him enough so that stopped him growing when he was 1.45m.

When Precious was 11 a Father saw some natural abilities in him. He took Precious to a gymnastic gym. He trained and trained and started to have a dream. A dream of joining the circus. His ambition of being a circus performer ended because of South Africa’s race law. This lead to weight lifting instead.  

As Precious trained and trained he got better and started to compete in competitions. So in 1958 Precious competed in the Natal Bantamweight weightlifting and won the title. He was not selected for the Empire Games because yet again coloured people were not allowed to compete. Later on he was known as South Africa's best bantamweight weight lifter. He finally got selected in 1963 for the International competition but he boldly refused. He emigrated to England and hoped that there it would be non-discriminatory.

He kept training and competing until he finally was chosen to represent England for the commonwealth games in Jamaica. He got a gold medal for Bantamweight division. After competing in the Olympics he came to New Zealand and started a new life with his family.

A True Friend

As Litia turned back to see me, her brown hair flicked across her face. “Owwww” She said to me. It was easy for everyone to hurt her, not like they would though. I asked if she was o.k and she said yes with a big smile.

Litia was always cheerful. Her smile would brighten up my day and even my friends as well. But when it came to netball that happy face was washed away with an attitude, and because she was vice captain, she knew most of us were counting on her to defend the shooters. As I said off court was a different world with Litia but she was still the same talented girl everyone knows.

Just Can't Wait For School

"Hip hip horay" Some of my friends said to me when the 3:00 o'clock bell went. Why? Well because the school holidays have began. Normally I am really excited that it has started, but for some reason I am sad. For the next two weeks I have to stay in bed, play more netball, shower and eat. BORING!!! Now I have to persuade my mum to take me and my brother to the movies. It's not that hard to trick her though. Anyway, as I said, missing school makes me sad. 


I am a year 7 in room 20. My teacher Ms Squires is so cool. She makes learning fun. Maybe thats why I don't like to miss school. Speaking about school the Olympics is coming up, which makes me think that next terms topic is about it. Anyway, happy holidays everyone!


P.S Just can't wait for school.

Edvard Munch Presentation

Edvard Munch Vivienne from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

This is a presentation about Edvard Munch. Edvard Munch is an interesting man to find out about. Sadly he  has had a lot of deaths in his family. I hope you like me presentation and I hope you have found out a lot about Edvard Munch as you watch it.